Original Early American Iron Flintlock Tinder Lighter with Plaque Engraved to Sun Inn, Bethlehem PA - Still in Existence GWOT with a close grain that

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which was restored post war and repainted green

Original Early American Iron Flintlock Tinder Lighter with Plaque Engraved to Sun Inn, Bethlehem PA - Still in Existence GWOT with a close grain thatOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Purchased in Allentown some time, ago this old tinder lighter has plainly laid in a barn or out house for many years and is pitted overall. Complete with a candle stand on the left side, the moving parts are all exposed on the right hand face of an enclosed compartment intended to store one's "tinder". These were first used as fire lighters by the flint striking a spark on the frizzen, which ignited the "tinder" in the